Value ofTropheryma whippleiQuantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for the Diagnosis of Whipple Disease: Usefulness of Saliva and Stool Specimens for First‐Line Screening
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- 1 September 2008
- journal article
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- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 47 (5) , 659-667
- https://doi.org/10.1086/590559
Abstract
Background. Whipple disease (WD) is a chronic infectious disease caused by Tropheryma whipplei. WD DNA has been found in stool and saliva specimens fKeywords
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